St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-11
COULD NOT AGREE.
No Verdict In the Case of Nc
, DOnOugh, Charged With Man
aUohteP-COurt DOinOS

Sia uShteF--COu DOlngS.
The jury in the case of McDOnough
for manSlaughter. after spending a
night in the jury room, came before
Judge Kelly yesterday afternoon and
Informed him that no agreement could
be reached. The judge discharged the
Jury at once. j. J. McCafferty. attorney
for defendant, asked that bail be re-
duced from its present figure of $1,000,
and Judge Kelly took the application
that the jury stood 10 to in favor of ac-
Quittal.
81 AN OLD TIME CASE.
Fred VI. Studley. administrator of
the estate OF Almerin Ii. WinSlOw. be-
gan suit in the district court yesterday
against Matilda WinslOw to recover
S1,713.21. allowed by the probate court
last June, together with costs of trial.
making total of $1,000. According to
the complaint. in December. 1887,
Chauncy Z. Bowen was appointed by
the Cook county I'LL court guardian of
Ida c.. Daniel T. and May y. Walrath.
George ). Bowen and Almerin II. Wins
low becoming his SuretieS in the sum of
So This bond was lost in the fire
of 1871. but new bond was filed in
July, 1872. Ida G. Walrath became of
age iii july, 1887, at which time she was
to receive as her share of the estate
81, 410.20. for which amount suit was
brought in Chicago against the guar
dian, when verdict of $1,000 was Sc
cured. \ verdict was secured by David
Z. Walrath in May. 1885. for S4,413.21,
but neither of these amounts have
been collected. 1t is claimed that Wins
low. one af the bondsmen, who died in
st. Louis May 10, 1856, transferred all
his property TO his wife with the intent
to become fraudulently released from
his obligation.
LAWYERS BRIEFS.
A motion by the defendant to dismiss
was granted by Judge Kelly in the dam
age case of John Beaudry against the
st. Paul d Duluth Railroad company.
In the case of Faank |. Cardo vs.. Rob-
ert Seeger et al. il was ordered by Judge
Kelly that the plaintiff have Judgment
according 10 the written stipulation.
The jury in the case Of +. p. WilguS
against James Flanagan returned a
verdict for the defendant.
The Hegener manSlaughter case will
probably come mp before Judge Kelly
tomorrow.
The Jury in The case of r. s. Hobbs
vs.. :. NJ. Allen X Co. found for the
plaintiff in the sum of S42j.S6.
The case OF Sarah Wulff against the
city OF St. Paul was on trial before
Judge Kelly and jury yesterday The
plaintiff claims that in the opening of
Mendoza street strip five feet wide
was taken from her property. The case
was tried before Judge Kelly recently
and decided in favor of the city. when
the plaintiff asked for trial by jury.
For the past three weeks William
Dawson. j.. assignee of j. Bloom &
Co. of the California Wine house, has
been dispoSimg of the goods in the in
terest of creditors. The remainder of
the stock Was yesterday sold to the Cali
fornia Wine House company. which was
recently incorporated, and the assignee
was discharged by order of the court
Julius KeSSler. who was the silent part
ner with Mr.. Bloom. and who is one of
the incorpOratorS of the new company,
took control of the business yesterday
as general manager.